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Migrants charge their cellphones at the Keleti railway station in Budapest last month. "If technology can play a role in making [their] journeys a bit less precarious and harrowing, and help refugees stay connected," says Kate Coyer, "then they're worth investing in." Attila Kisbenedek/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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A Harrowing Journey Into Europe, Aided By Apps And Internet Access

Migrants and refugees from the Middle East — and the aid agencies trying to help them — have been relying on smartphones as guides on a trek marked by chaos and closed borders.

Migrants charge their cellphones at the Keleti railway station in Budapest last month. "If technology can play a role in making [their] journeys a bit less precarious and harrowing, and help refugees stay connected," says Kate Coyer, "then they're worth investing in." Attila Kisbenedek/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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A Harrowing Journey Into Europe, Aided By Apps And Internet Access

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Six years after he was diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer's disease, Greg O'Brien is thinking differently about the future. Even as he fights to hold on to his memory, he and his wife, Mary Catherine, are discussing how to let go. Courtesy of Greg O'Brien hide caption

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As Alzheimer's Symptoms Worsen, Hard Conversations About How To Die

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"L-R: (Bottom Row) Bryshere Gray as Hakeem Lyon, Jussie Smollett as Jamal Lyon, Trai Byers as Andre Lyon (Middle Row) Grace Gealey as Anika, Kaitlin Doubleday as Rhonda Lyon (Top Row) Gabourey Sidibe as Becky, Terrence Howard as Lucious Lyon, Taraji P. Henson as Cookie Lyon and Ta'Rhonda Jones as Porsha in Empire Season Two." James Dimmock/Courtesy of FOX hide caption

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Showrunner Hopes 'Empire' Is 'On The Crest Of A Wave Of Change'

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Robert Patrick (left) and Arnold Schwarzenegger in Terminator 2: Judgement Day. Carolco/The Kobal Collection hide caption

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'I Can Do This': How Robert Patrick Became A Terminator

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Last glimpse: When the first bucket of soil hits, Antony Britton says, it's "quite a shock." Marc Dufresne/iStockphoto hide caption

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What It's Like To Be Buried Alive — And Survive

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Chick Corea and Bela Fleck's new album, Two, is out now. C. TAYLOR CROTHERS/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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Chick Corea And Béla Fleck On The Joys (And Challenges) Of Collaborating

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